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Where do you start with Tricky? How about one of the most important albums of the '90s. No, not 'Maxinquaye'-we'll get to that later-but 'Blue Lines', Massive Attack's 1991 debut. It's easy to forget that a young Adrian Thaws appeared on three tracks as Tricky Kid. Listening to the reissue released last year it's clear that he was an integral part of the record, not a bit player. In itself, it's an impressive achievement, but it was just the overture, the sound of one of British music's most prolific talents clearing his pipes.